Urszula Tauer, pseudonym “Ala”, took “enormous risks every day, fully aware of the potential consequences”.
History
Mass grave discovered at site where Ukrainian nationalists massacred Poles in WWII
Ukraine previously banned exhumations, but last year allowed them to resume in a diplomatic breakthrough.
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Presidents of Poland, Ukraine and Lithuania mark anniversary of 19th-century anti-Russian uprising
“It’s been 163 years since the January Uprising and one thing remains unchanged: Russia remains a threat,” said Karol Nawrocki.
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It’s time for Germany to start paying the cost of maintaining Auschwitz and other former Nazi camps in Poland [Opinion]
Wojciech Konończuk
Poland has paid more for the maintenance of former camps than Germany has ever given to Polish WWII victims.
Poland hindered Soviet efforts to prevent WWII, claims head of Russian state archives
The claims echo Vladimir Putin’s longstanding revisionist narrative about the war.
Andy Warhol works part of Polish museum’s new exhibition on art of Rusyn ethnic group
The Rusyns are from a region that today lies around the borders between Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Hungary and Romania.
Ukraine authorises further searches for Polish WWII massacre victims
Work will take place in three former Polish villages where residents were massacred by Ukrainian nationalists.
Poland “ready to defend western border” with Germany, says president
Poland’s foreign ministry has “reassured” the president that “there is no threat on our western border”.
Polish Christmas traditions in prewar pictures
Ben Koschalka
Many customs have remained unchanged for generations, if not centuries.
Zelensky hails “very positive” first meeting with Poland’s Nawrocki
Nawrocki said that the meeting was “a sign that we are together” and “bad news for Moscow”.
Round table that hosted talks paving way for fall of communism in Poland removed from presidential palace
“I can proudly say that post-communism has today ended in Poland”, declared Karol Nawrocki.
Poland demolishes another Soviet monument
“We say ‘no’ to…Russians who believe that these lands somehow belong to their sphere of influence.”
New documents raise questions about African immigrant who became a Polish WWII hero
Nicholas Boston
August Browne was believed to have fought in the Warsaw Uprising, but that claim is now in doubt.
Huge stash of WWII resistance documents found under floorboards in Warsaw
The collection also includes the diary of a young woman living under the Nazi-German occupation.
